He was awarded the Brevet of Major on 15 December 1854 and was advanced to that rank on 25 January 1856
2nd Regiment on February 12th 1807 and saw service throughout the Napoleonic wars
the second photo is black and white
A rare Wehrpaß to an SS-Totenkopfverbände soldier on guard duty at Sachsenhausen and Buchenwald
with fraying evident in the bright pink piping
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Friedrich Linden visually-hidden He was awarded the Brevet(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central square oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, overlaying a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and four oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval plate,